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Dash Snow’s Grimy New York [NSFW]

By Marina Galperina on

Dash Snow “met a junkie’s end but did so in a $325-a-night hotel room with an antique marble hearth,” wrote The New York Times in 2009, playing bombastically into the myth of the New York photographer. It’s quite a myth. As a young teen, he was sent away to a Georgia boarding school for children with “oppositional defiant disorder,” he ran away to New York and proceeded to wild out through the streets and party lofts of the city. He first started taking photographs to remember where he’s been in the morning and eventually, gained notoriety and fame. Each Polaroid is a raw, autobiographical, decisive moment. Collectively, they represent an environment of excess and pedestrian vice, and yet, they’re quite compelling. See a few grimy, tattered photographs collected by American Suburb X in our slideshow. … Read More

Photography

Great Photographers Who Use Crappy Cameras

By Marina Galperina on

A few days ago, an ill-worded update on Nikon camera maker’s official Facebook page enraged hundreds. It read: “A photographer is only as good as the equipment he uses, and a good lens is essential to taking good pictures! Do any of our Facebook fans use any of the NIKKOR lenses? Blah-blah-blah…” As you may imagine, the response was ferociously negative. Really? “Only as good,” huh? So we suppose we should go out and purchase thousands of dollars worth of top gear and viola, instant talent? Tsk-tsk.

As Ansel Adams once famously said, “The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.” On that note, we now present you with a selection of excellent photographers who didn’t use anything fancy. They shot their masterpieces with simple Polaroid point-and-shoots, unsophisticated digital devices, and downright crappy DIY cameras. Enjoy! … Read More

Art

10 Incredibly Filthy Works of Art

By Emily Temple on

As every artist knows, it’s good to get your hands dirty every once in a while. And there’s something undeniably wonderful about messy, filthy, dig-your-hands-in art, a departure from pristine lines and immaculate form. Recently, The Pace Gallery opened its summer season with “Through the Claw,” a performance piece by Kate Gilmore in which several women decimated a block of clay with their bare hands, getting understandably filthy in the process, and we were inspired to come up with some of our favorite messy artworks for your visceral viewing pleasure. After all, it’s summer. What better time to get a little dirty? Click through to see some of the messiest artworks we’ve ever seen, and let us know which of your favorites we’ve missed in the comments! … Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. In which Gawker asks: Who is the hipster of the decade? While we love Hipster Runoff’s Carles, we’re going to have to go with Dash Snow. [via Gawker]
2. Quentin Tarantino‘s next project is going to be “smaller, less epic” in scale than Inglourious Basterds, and in a “different genre entirely.” [via… Read More

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New York Minute: 60 Artists on the New York Scene

By Paul Laster on

Bursting on the Rome art scene like a giant rave, New York Minute: 60 Artists on the New York Scene drew thousands of visitors on opening night and has continued to pack in a curious crowd. Presented at MACRO Future, a former slaughterhouse in the hip Testaccio neighborhood of Rome, New York Minute is a massive, energetic show, curated by renegade Deitch Projects director Kathy Grayson and organized by the adventurous DEPART… Read More

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Deitch Projects Hosts Dash Snow Memorial Show

By Paul Laster on

Deitch Projects has mounted a large, spirited exhibition to honor the memory of the artist Dash Snow, who died at 27 from a drug overdose at the Lafayette Hotel in New York on July 13. Organized by gallery director Kathy Grayson, with the help of Snow’s friends and family, the show opened at 76 Grand Street on Friday and runs through August… Read More

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Reading Dash Snow: Analysis and Links to the Best of Last Week’s Coverage

By Paul Laster on

When artist Dash Snow died of a drug overdose last Monday, it stirred a mad rush of news articles, ranging from the mild to the wild, in publications around the world. The rebellious young talent, who passed away at the mythical age of 27, was an inspiration to a bohemian pack of creative pals. They expressed dismay at his death, while honoring him with their recollections of his life. Meanwhile, art pundits discussed the value of his body of work; makeshift memorials popped up on the Bowery; and his last gallery, Peres Project of LA and Berlin, joined forces with Deitch Projects in New York to organize a memorial exhibition, which will be open for… Read More

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What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we lost ourselves in The Daily Beast’s wonderful ode to Dash Snow — including never-before-seen images. We read about animal masturbation. We wondered if a lawsuit will derail The Hobbit. We did not want a slice of this pizza. We decided that we need to read the … Read More

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Breaking News: Downtown Artist and Enfant Terrible Dash Snow Dies at 27

By Kelsey Keith on

Reports are rolling in from across the internet that artist Dash Snow died from a heroin overdose Monday night at Lafayette House hotel in New York. Gawker broke the story, citing a Twitter post from Snow comrade Earsnot, a.k.a. Kunle Ira, as well as several confirmations from friends. Snow’s grandmother, Christophe de Menil — a major art collector in her own right — confirmed the news to the New York Times ArtsBeat blog, adding that he had been trying to stay clean following a rehab stay in… Read More

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Seriously: Our Totally SFW Report from Fuck Friends at ASS

By Laura Feinstein on

Though the name might not sound familiar, you know Leo Fitzpatrick; he was Telly in Larry Clark’s 1995 film KIDS. More recently Fitzpatrick has been trying his hand at the art world, with a current exhibit at Terrence Koh’s New York gallery ASS (Asian Song Society). His show Fuck Friends isn’t about casual relationships, but rather a collaboration with his inner crowd of creative types who include Gang Gang Dance’s Lizzi Bougatsos, artists Rita Ackermann, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Andrew Kuo, Hanna Liden, Neckface, and Miami Art Basel darling Dash Snow. … Read More